John Davenport (Connecticut)

John Davenport (16 January 1752-28 November 1830) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-CN) from 1799 to 1817, succeeding John Allen and preceding Nathaniel Terry.

Biography
John Davenport was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1752, the brother of James Davenport, and he taught at Yale from 1773 to 1774 after becoming a lawyer. From 1776 to 1796, he served in the State House, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1817. He died in 1830.